Patsy Cline died 52 years ago today.
She was and still is the best. She makes others look like posers.
Sigh.......
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Rest in peace Patsy 
Patsy was always on local radio and TV (Wash DC) when I was a boy, and she was like part of the household in the '50s and '60s though I didn't start paying attention to her until I Fall to Pieces came out. But what really hooked me on Patsy was about a year later, when I first heard Crazy on the radio. Crazy hooked me on Patsy for life.
When we turned on the radio that morning and heard the announcement, I couldn't go to school that day, 3rd grade. Too upset. Tra Le La La La Triangle was her single that was currently on heavy rotation on the radio, but on that day, March 5, they flipped it over and played the B side, Leavin' on Your Mind.
Patsy could sing anything. She wasn't just Country or Countrypolitan, a style her Decca records sometime were called in the '60s. She was a crossover artist, like Brenda Lee. She appeared on American Bandstand. But whether playing in a smoky dive in front of a small combo with local pick-up musicians or in a big hall with a big orchestra, with horns and strings, she commanded that stage, and each and every note in the song. And you watch her, captivated, and she makes it all look so simple. She just gets up there and sings.
I guess when you discover a great artist at an early age, they stay with you all your life. I still play Patsy, still have all her records, still remember when and where I bought most of them. Patsy shares a place within me shared also by Billie Holiday because I was lucky to have discovered them both around the same time, although Billie had already died when her music started to reach me, while Patsy was still going strong. Patsy and Billie have been with me my whole life. What would life have been like without them?
Recently, I happened across this picture of Patsy interviewed by a DJ holding one of her records, and she reminds me of Billie in a way. That elegance.
and I'm no country fan 
If she were alive today, she would be a huge crossover artist. I think she could have adapted and done well in many genres. She was such a rebel she might have tried rapping.
